The poetical register, or, The lives and characters of all the English poets, with an account of their writings : adorned with curious sculptures engraven by the best masters ..
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The poetical register, or, The lives and characters of all the English poets, with an account of their writings : adorned with curious sculptures engraven by the best masters ..
- by
- Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744; Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL; Boston Public Library (John Adams Library) BRL
- Publication date
- 1723
- Publisher
- London : Printed, and sold by A. Bettesworth, W. Taylor, and J. Batley ...
- Collection
- johnadamsBPL; bostonpubliclibrary; americana
- Contributor
- John Adams Library at the Boston Public Library
- Language
- English
- Volume
- 1
Dedications signed: G.J. This work is mentioned in the article entitled "Mr. G. Jacob" in vol. 2. Attributed to Giles Jacob by DNB, v. 10, p. 553
Contains numerous errors in paging
Includes indexes
Head-pieces; tail-pieces; initials; decorative chains
Errata at end of each vol
Each vol. includes index of authors at the beginning and index of works at the end
First published 1719; 1723 ed. continues the work to 1722. Originally continued by An historical account of the lives and writings of our most considerable English poets ... first published in 1720. cf. Cambridge bibliography of English literature
John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library
V. 1. Lives and characters of the English dramatic poets. Modern dramatic poets. Plays written by anonymous authors. - v. 2. An introductory essay, on the rise, progress, beauty, &c. of all sorts of poetry ["chiefly taken from Rapin, and the writings of Mr. Dryden, the duke of Buckingham, Sir William Temple, and others, ..." - Pref., v. 2] The lives and characters of the English poets. Modern English poets; and authors of single pieces. Poems written by anonymous authors
ESTC
Also available on microfilm
Also available on microfiche
Also available on microfilm
John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894
Contains numerous errors in paging
Includes indexes
Head-pieces; tail-pieces; initials; decorative chains
Errata at end of each vol
Each vol. includes index of authors at the beginning and index of works at the end
First published 1719; 1723 ed. continues the work to 1722. Originally continued by An historical account of the lives and writings of our most considerable English poets ... first published in 1720. cf. Cambridge bibliography of English literature
John Adams Library copy has bookplate: John Adams Library, in the Custody of the Boston Public Library
V. 1. Lives and characters of the English dramatic poets. Modern dramatic poets. Plays written by anonymous authors. - v. 2. An introductory essay, on the rise, progress, beauty, &c. of all sorts of poetry ["chiefly taken from Rapin, and the writings of Mr. Dryden, the duke of Buckingham, Sir William Temple, and others, ..." - Pref., v. 2] The lives and characters of the English poets. Modern English poets; and authors of single pieces. Poems written by anonymous authors
ESTC
Also available on microfilm
Also available on microfiche
Also available on microfilm
John Adams Library copy transferred from the supervisors of the Temple and School Fund. Quincy, Mass., 1894
Notes
narrow margins
- Addeddate
- 2010-10-13 16:04:22
- Associated-names
- Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner; Boston Public Library (John Adams Library)
- Call number
- 39999053072425
- Camera
- Canon 5D
- External-identifier
- urn:oclc:record:1050803801
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Identifier
- poeticalregister001jaco
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t0pr8k071
- Ocr_converted
- abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.37
- Ocr_module_version
- 0.0.21
- Openlibrary_edition
- OL24398993M
- Openlibrary_work
- OL15430335W
- Page-progression
- lr
- Page_number_confidence
- 81
- Page_number_module_version
- 1.0.3
- Pages
- 386
- Ppi
- 400
- References
- ESTC, T137465
- Scandate
- 20101014163117
- Scanner
- scribe2.boston.archive.org
- Scanningcenter
- boston
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 13614445
- Full catalog record
- MARCXML
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